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TIL the song "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple is about a 1971 incident at a Frank Zappa concert at Montreaux Casino where an audience member fired a flare into the ceiling causing a fire that destroyed the venue.

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nmj9 TIL that Tigers and a type of African Jackal (Dhole) have a relationship where a lone jackal will trail a tiger, eating the large cat’s kills. The dhol will also warn nearby dhols of the tiger’s presence, in exchange for also alerting tigers to nearby kills. Tigers have trained hunting dogs.
PY9Vw TIL 9 out of 10 of people who have lost 100 pounds or more say they would rather have a leg amputated than be obese again.
DnoP TIL that during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Russian submarine ordered a nuclear bomb to be launched against America thinking war had broken out on the surface, but was stopped by one man, single-handedly preventing nuclear war
OGDvY TIL on May 28th, 1993, a mysterious seismic disturbance was detected in Western Australia. Theories for what caused it include an asteroid impact (crater wasn't found), mining explosion (much too powerful), earthquake (uncharacteristic), and a nuclear test by a Japanese doomsday cult.
OGXdY TIL during/after the Korean War, South Korea state-sponsored prostitution for US troops, framing it as women's 'patriotic duty.' Camp towns from the DMZ to Seoul were called 'GI Heaven. The sex workers endured severe abuses to facilitate "sexual hygiene" such as forced medication and imprisonment.